Allison the smiling actor at the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting Vigil

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All right, this should be good. I haven't seen this yet. My guess is this person is smiling through this is what I'm just going to guess. Grow up here in Squirrel Hill, Allison. What made you come out in the rain on a day that has broken so many hearts? Why are you here with your community? Well, I grew up here. This is my church behind this. It's just horrible. It's just a horrible day. I grew up here. This is my church. I mean, that's a smile on me. Behind this, it's just horrible. It's just a horrible day. And just to see the people that I grew up with, that I know that no people just, you had to come out and support them. And I was like, I just like, I had to follow what everyone else was doing. Everyone else was going to a vigil. So I guess just because everyone else was doing it, I wanted to do it. I like smiling. They're the whole thing. People are dead. Cops are wounded. You don't know anyone. But you're pretending like you do. You're pretending like you care. Because you're on television. You're on camera. No people just, you had to come out and support them. And as I said, so many people just looked at me when I was talking to them and said, like, we just can't, we're almost surreal to so many of us. Did you ever see any sort of behavior like this around your community? Does this support? Yeah, you know, people walk through here all the time, like killing Jews, you know, it's just what happens. What the fuck kind of question is that? Why is you? It doesn't seem, I mean, I think... Careful what you say, girl. Careful what you say. Can the U.S. we've become so used to mass shootings? It's just horrible. Are you kidding me right now? Who's this? Is it a crime crisis, actor, too? I mean, I... Avar like this around your community. Does this surprise you? It doesn't seem... I mean, I think in the U.S. we've become so used to mass shootings, which is just horrible. But in this community, no. This is so ridiculous. There's no... There's no violence. I'm a loss for words right now. There's no news regularly. There aren't people dying. It's a place where you walk as kids. I know, there aren't people dying, because nobody died. And a lot of different communities here. There are Christians and Jews, and all variety of Jews move very orthodox, talking around. There hasn't been any issue. And it just makes it really, really terrible. Are you trying to sound like a crime and sad while you're just smiling? And like, get you through the whole interview? Of course it does. Of course it does. What do you want people watching to know about the people? Yeah, she just looked at that camera like... It's really terrible. Of course it does. She looked at that camera like, oh shit, I bet there's some dude out there living in his parents' basement. It's about to make a video about me and expose me. I am. Of course it does. What do you want people watching to know about the people here and how you're gonna move forward from this day? I think... Like, peace, love, joy, and respect. I think they should know that it's a very specific community. What the fuck was that? It's too much going on. Like I said, everyone knows somebody, and everyone's willing to lend a hand. And... Everybody knows somebody what? That died in this event? No they don't. It's that there's to good a good place. And you didn't know anyone personally affected. But... No, of course not. But I'm gonna sit here and talk because we can't find... You guys can't find anyone that was really affected by this. Because nobody was. Because these people that died in this event nobody knows who they are. You still clearly impacted you deeply. Yeah, I was right. That was true from my app. I mean, Julia Roberts is happy as hell to be on television tonight. It's horrible. It's just really, really horrible. Yeah, well... It's horrible. It's really, really horrible. Oh my god, yeah, like it was right down the street from my house. So I was like, oh my god, let me get on the Instagram and get this out there. It's... It's horrible. It's just really, really horrible. Yeah, well... A whole more time. But you still clearly impacted you deeply. Yeah, I was right. It's... It's horrible. It's really, really horrible. Yeah. Well, we're sending you all, all the love. Thank you for being with us. You all take care. As I said, just such a tight-knit community here. A large Jewish population here, but a very diverse population. And a lot of people here saying that really that's what this is all about. It's all different people coming together in this community wolf. So as you can tell, just from talking with Allison and others like her tonight, this community's heart is broken. Certainly is a place nice along our love as well. Yep, send mine as well.